XGen 2
XGen 2 is a series of 6 drawings; the works represent the second set of studies from an ongoing series exploring, and riffing on, the energy contained within a simple X form.
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February 2022
Hive / duality : singularity
Hive is a ten colour archival pigment print on 305gsm 100% cotton Hahnemühle fine art paper, cutout by hand and backed onto a sheet of 300gsm Somerset Satin. The work can be supplied unframed, or framed and ready to hang. I tend to use fairly minimal glazed and painted or stained tulipwood frames, and float mount the work without a window mount.
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September 2019
interStella
interStella is a series of 16 drawings; a kind of mash up of some geometries I’ve been studying; an exploration and complication of the maths underlying the early works of American legend Frank Stella.
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July 2019
Pride
The Pride print is an open edition, available exclusively from Blackwater Gallery for 12 months only. Made to support the work of the LGBT Foundation. 100% of the profits go directly to Pride.
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May 2019
Lyric SV
The Lyric SV works, or systematic variations, progress the studies further using a new, more liquid, more lyrical, drawing technique, that I hope creates a painterly quality.
ReVOX / masked
ReVOX / masked was made in response to the ongoing debate about the nature of the digital vs the haptic, it’s a traditional etching pulled on a Victorian press by Ros Ford at BV Studios.
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February 2011
Flow / turquoise base
In 2018 I decided to create a new Flow variation, with a fairly solid colour base. To my eye the gouache like quality of the pigment inks make the colours really sing.
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October 2018
Millefiori DMG
Millefiori / DMG is the next logical, or perhaps illogical, step towards trying to capture some of the light, life and vibrancy that you will find in studio glass, inspired by a visit to Murano, and the millefiori works made there.
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June 2017
Dazzle / 12 bar crop
The Dazzle piece I drew for Current at Catto seemed to offer an opportunity to generate a smaller work on paper as well. So after a little further experimentation, I made this study from the 12 bars that form the central core of the composition.
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November 2017
Arpeggi / FOLIO
The Arpeggi series of drawings seemed to lend itself particularly well to the idea of being recoloured, and so after some experimentation, I settled on the idea of making six variants, which would be presented in a clam shell folio.
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September 2016
Torsion / primer
Torsion / primer is a riff or variation on the original understudies for Torsion / REZ, which uses ’torqued’ versions of these forms to make the more complex larger works on Plexiglass.
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July 2010
Klint / reDux
Le Klint studio is an inspiration to anyone who loves paper folding, contemporary design, and light. So of course I couldn’t resist riffing on a variant of their origami like geometries for a new set of works on paper in 2015.
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April 2015
Arpeggi / solus
The Arpeggi studies use multiple sculptural forms, and hangs them on a grid redolent of a musical stave. During the drawing process it became apparent that each individual component could also have a life of its own, and hence the Solus studies were editioned.
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April 2011
Motorik / TWO / chromatic shift
Motorik endeavours to capture a complex syncopated rhythm as a series of dismantled modular components, laid out on a grid as if it were a sheet of music, or an arrangement of different pulses, or beats.
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October 2017
Psyche D / EvH
I drew Psyche D / EvH (event horizon) in 2017 for Current at Catto. It’s a wildly complex drawing, that freewheeled out of control as it went on. It’s derived from an artichoke like gold and blue study, with an ultramarine disc at its core.
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September 2017
Experimental print club
Over recent years I’ve been quietly making work for a side project, my Experimental Print Club. It’s funded by a monthly subscription, with club members receiving at least four unique new works by post each year.
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2016 onwards
